United States Fifth Circuit

In an action seeking a declaration that plaintiff-insurer owed defendant no duty to defend a suit arising out of a blown-out oil well, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) the parties intended the legal definition of professional services to exclude coverage for professional services in any of defendant's operations; and 2) the underlying suit alleges the existence of and failure to fulfill a contract, the very subject of which was defendant's expertise in drilling operations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/26/2010
• Published 05/26/2010

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY and GARZA, Circuit Judges, and STARRETT , District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel